As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Silence
When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.
-Yevgeny Yevtushenko
You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious: charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed. It takes mastery to control silence.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.
-Criss Jami
Mostly, we talk to impress. And sometimes we shut up to impress, too.
-Nema Al Araby
Silence is the first door to spiritual eminence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Adi Sankara"
Silence is golden, and gold is up these days, so silence is a solid investment.
-Jarod Kintz
What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
-Ludwig Wittdenstein
"Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus"
Smiling with all the existence is Silence.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
